Movable search GUI element for restricting search scope

Abstract

User input is received to cause a search graphical user interface (GUI) element to move within a GUI having areas that each correspond to a content type. The given area over which the search GUI element has been moved is determined. The search GUI element is adapted so that a search performable via the search GUI element is restricted in scope to the content type of the given area. The GUI may be a web page of a web site. The search GUI element may be a search box. The area and/or the search GUI element may be graphically modified to provide visual feedback as to the content type of the given area to which the search is restricted in scope.

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         15 . A computing device comprising:
 a processor; and   a computer-readable data storage medium to store software executable by the processor to:
 receive user input to cause a search graphical user interface (GUI) element to move over a given area within a GUI having a plurality of areas including the given area, each area corresponding to a content type; and 
 adapt the search GUI element so that a search performable via the search GUI element is restricted in scope to the content type of the given area. 
   
     
     
         16 . The computing device of  claim 14 , wherein the software is further to receive one or more search terms provided by user input within the search GUI element, and initiate a search of content having the content type of the given area. 
     
     
         17 . The computing device of  claim 14 , wherein the software is to graphically modify one or more of the given area and the search GUI element to provide visual feedback as to the content type of the given area to which the search is restricted in scope. 
     
     
         18 . A computing device comprising:
 a processor; and   a computer-readable data storage medium to store software executable by the processor to:
 receive user input to cause a search graphical user interface (GUI) element to move over a given area within a web page having a plurality of areas including the given area, each area corresponding to a content type of content available at a web site encompassing the web page; and 
 adapt the search GUI element so that a search of the content available at the web site performable by the user via the search GUI element is restricted in scope to the content type of the given area. 
   
     
     
         19 . The computing device of  claim 18 , wherein the software is further to receive one or more search terms provided by user input within the search GUI element, and initiate a search of the content available at the web site having the content type of the given area. 
     
     
         20 . The computing device of  claim 18 , wherein the software is to graphically modify one or more of the given area within the web page and the search GUI element within the web page to provide visual feedback to the user as to the content type of the given area to which the search performable by the user is restricted in scope. 
     
     
         21 . The computing device of  claim 18 , further comprising networking hardware to communicatively connect the computing device to a client computing device over a network,
 wherein the user input is received from the client computing device over the network, and the computing device is a server computing device hosting the web site.   
     
     
         22 . The computing device of  claim 18 , further comprising networking hardware to communicatively connect the computing device to a server computing device over a network, the server computing device hosting the web site. 
     
     
         23 . A computer program product comprising:
 a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable code embodied therein, the computer-readable code executable by a processor to:   receive user input causing a graphical search box to move over a given graphical area of a plurality of graphical areas that each correspond to a content type; and   restrict in scope a search performed using the graphical search box to the content type of the given graphical area.